Pusuquy Pata

{{short description|Archaeological site in Peru}}

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| alternate_name = Ch'illiku Pampa

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| location = Peru, Ayacucho Region

| region = Andes

| type = tombs

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| cultures = Wari

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Pusuquy Pata (Ayacucho Quechua pusuquy a cactus, pata step, bank of a river,Gary Parker, English-Quechua Dictionary, Cuzco, Ayacucho, Cochabamba, 1964{{Ref Laime}} hispanicized spelling Posoqoypata) or Ch'illiku Pampa (Quechua ch'illiku cricket, pampa a large plain,{{Ref Simi}} "cricket plain", also spelled Chillicopampa, Chillicupampa, Chillikupampa) is an archaeological site in the Ayacucho Region in Peru. It is located in the Huanta Province, Huanta District. The site consists of tombs of the Wari culture.Lidio M. Valdez, J. Ernesto Valdez, Katrina J. Bettcher, Posoqoypata, Un Cementerio Wari en el Valle de Ayacucho, Perú, Bull. Inst. fr. études andines 2001, 30 (2): 335-357Gobierno Regional de Ayacucho, Plan de Desarrollo Turístico de la Región Ayacucho 2004 – 2014, Aprobado mediante Ordenanza de Consejo Regional N° 03 - 04 - GRA/PRESPeter Eeckhout,Lawrence S. Owens, Funerary Practices and Models in the Ancient Andes: The Return of the Living Dead, Cambridge University Press, see sketch map on p. 141{{cite web |url=http://www.mincetur.gob.pe/TURISMO/OTROS/inventario%20turistico/Ficha.asp?cod_Ficha=4016|title=Tumbas de Chillikupampa|author= |publisher=mincetur|access-date=March 30, 2015}}

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